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The Oberlin College in Ohio started accepting women into their curriculum in 1833
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Women originally could only have caring jobs, yet in the mid-1800's, they were able to be hired for more jobs that dealt with writing or art and even industry.
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The National Woman's Suffrage Association (NWSA), led Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, wanted the there to be an Amendment that legally allowed women to vote, while also dealing with other issues with women’s rights. The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), led by Henry Ward Beecher (a man), purely just wanted women to have the right to vote.
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Some NWSA members supported the first female presidential candidate, Victoria Woodhull
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Susan B. Anthony was arrested for registering to vote and voting in in Rochester, New York.
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The Supreme Court stated that citizenship does not give you the right to vote.
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Frances Willard leads the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) to fight to ban alcohol.
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Frances Willard lead the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the most powerful groups for temperance and women's rights.
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The National Association of Colored Women was formed, by 1916 they had 100,000 members
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Cary Nation smashed saloons with a bible and an axe in her hands.
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The Eighteenth Amendment, which banned the making, sale, and distribution of alcohol, was applied.
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The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified.